The use of Pupil Premium funding at Sacred Heart RC Primary school May 2015.

We started receiving the funding in Since then we have continued to monitor and make our spending more effective. For the academic year 2014/15

A brief overview of what we spend our money on: A TA working with PP children Places at homework club Talk Boost/ BRSP training and delivery Setting up the PP classroom-maintaining resources etc Free places at breakfast club After school club vouchers+ Thursday club places Subsidising trips and visits

Talkboost- Autumn term

BRSP data- Autumn term

Since your last report (Dec 2014)…

David Turner- A lead OFSTED inspector from SIA carried out a PP audit. A summary of his findings and suggestions follow:

PP funding at Sacred Heart is spent effectively- The PP SDP needs to be reorganised so it is prioritised clearly and labelled, with clear milestones throughout the year.

As PP numbers are low at Sacred Heart (between 1 and 4 children per class) data can sometimes appear meaningless (when purely focussing on levels and points progress in Raise online). Therefore an individual ‘story’ for each pupil should be developed with a focus on their particular needs in school/ at home, background, SEN etc.

These ‘stories’ should also be developed for children that join from other schools. Progress should be measured from their time at Sacred Heart as well as their background ‘story’ from their previous school.

David Turner was very complimentary about the PP TA saying that she is ‘Worth her weight in gold’. He was impressed with the work done at Sacred Heart to ensure that the provision for PP children is good and will continue to narrow the gap (where necessary) between PP children and their peers.

It was suggested that a document called ‘Progression ’ is used to measure progress where cognitive SEN is an issue- this will ensure that any SEN child’s progress can be measured accurately.

Further to this…

We have continued to work with AFA. Most (all except one) structured conversations took place this term. This will be reorganised in the Summer term to fully engage parents and ensure all meetings take place within school hours, as this places greater importance on parents attending. PP TA was involved in many of these conversations. Through our involvement with AFA we have continued to develop staff (teachers and TAs) CPD and the feedback from this has been positive.

Feedback was sought from parents regarding how the PP funding is used at SH- They were all extremely positive about how their children’s learning has moved on and how well both the parents and the children were supported by school (both within school and through structured conversations held termly). Please take a minute to read the next slide(on paper)

Moving forward to ensure we continue to narrow the gap (where possible) between PP children and non PP children…

In the summer term 2015, the suggestions from SIA will be implemented into the SDP. A new spending plan for will be developed based on the funding we will receive.

Any questions?